19+ Pics That Show There's More To Our World Than Meets The Eye

It's actually sugar-forming crystals in someone's whisk while they make marshmallows. If only our real winter wonderlands were this delicious.

This is known as the fifteen-spotted lady beetle, and the reason why they went with that name and not "the white ladybug" is that it darkens into a purple color with age.

Centuries ago, people would guide the growth of trees into specific directions as a kind of early road sign to show where important trails and food sources were.

This dazzling display is all thanks to a broken fish tank. It somehow reflected light in just the right way to light up part of the wall, and Bailey here just decided to plop down in that space.

And no, it seems pretty unlikely that this will predict the end of the world. Nobody's been very good at that so far.

Using the 10 card instead of an ace was a clever move, but they should still prepare for confused calls from lost pizza drivers.

Sorry about that, but I say it because this long sheet is known as a tabular iceberg. Most of its mass is underwater like the ones we know, but this one comes in a long, flat sheet because it split from the edge of an ice shelf.

At least, that's what biologist Phil Torres figures is the reason behind why they make their cocoons like this. They keep the ants out and don't take so much work.

The moths work smart and not hard.

Yup, this is actually a dress made out of glass. I can't really see anyone wearing it, but I honestly never expected anyone to make this.

This spiraling wooden ramp is about 150 feet tall and was designed to give visitors a panoramic view of the nature park it calls home.

It looks like it would be harder for shoplifters to sprint off if they're caught in the act, but this seems like a pretty extreme measure if that's why they're here.

That's because it's what is called a split-colored lobster, and only about one in 50 million will look like this. It doesn't help that standing out like this makes it more vulnerable to predators.

Oddly enough, this seemed to happen to mantises a lot for some reason, because two other examples from Myanmar and Spain that were 97 million-years-old and 105 million-years-old respectively also belonged to that insect family.

Although I've never gone surfing, my understanding is that the crashing waves can hurt enough without the little bits of ice floating in it.

I hope that the pumpkin means she won first prize, because even if she hadn't thrown in the handbook from Beetlejuice, this would've deserved it.

So yes, that means that the ball you'd be sitting in here is supposed to be poop. Personally, riding that tiger seems a lot more appealing.

They're set to go up to 45 miles per hour and hover 15 feet in the air, but the speed and height are both adjustable.

If a train still runs on coal and hasn't attracted interest as a museum piece, this is probably what it looks like now.

Some folks will make the water more sugary with certain syrups to make their feeders more attractive to bees. For those people, this will probably be a common sight.

In reality, this ghostly umbrella girl is made from mirrors. Apparently, figures like her can be found throughout Worpswede, Germany, so that's definitely some incentive to watch where you're going around there.

What Marty actually does is zip around the store and check for trip and slip hazards, as well as alert employees when the shelves run out of product. He also runs price checks.

Instead, these pretty flowers are actually just the shadows cast by some real ones. As soon as this car pulls away, that design is gone.

This happens because water molecules on the surface don't have too many other water molecules to bond with, so they really hold on tight to the ones they do have.

This not only means the water stretches out like this when you break the surface, but it's also why small objects can float on top of it.